Abstract
Molecular and kinetic analyses have contributed to our understanding of the biology of transitional cell carcinomas (TCC) of the bladder. The concordant pattern of X-chromosome inactivation of multiple TCCs appearing at different times and at different sites and concordant genetic abnormalities in a subset of muscle-invasive TCC strongly support a monoclonal origin and a homogeneous tumor cell selection throughout the neoplasm. However, topographic intratumor heterogeneity results from the accumulation of genetic lesions in tumor suppressor genes, predominantly neurofibromatosis (NF)-1-defective in the superficial compartment and tumor protein p53 (TP53)-defective in the deep one, with lower proliferation and down-regulation of apoptosis in the latter. TCCs follow the general concept of multistep carcinogenesis and proceed through two distinct genetic pathways responsible for generating different TCC morphologies. These are the inactivation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (p15, p16, and p21WAF/CIP1) in low-grade TCC and early TP53-mediated abnormalities in high-grade TCC. TCC progression correlates with genetic instability and accumulation of collaborative genetic lesions mainly involving TP53, retinoblastoma (RB)-1, and ...Continue Reading
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